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3. ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS AND UPON MOUNT HOREB
CHAPTER 19
_ 1. Elijah's flight and despondency (1 Kings 19:1)_
2. Upon Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:9)
3. Elisha called (1 Kings 19:10)
Elijah
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1 Kings 19:1. ELIJAH'S FLIGHT TO HOREB. HIS COMMISSION. Jezebel, it
will be noticed, can do no more than threaten Elijah: her power is
limited. Elijah escapes to the southern extremity of Judah, to
Be...
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DISCOURSE: 347
ELIJAH VISITED AND REPROVED BY GOD
1 Kings 19:11. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before
the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind
rent the...
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HE CAME THITHER UNTO A CAVE, &C.— Elijah being now come to the same
place where God had delivered the law to his servant Moses, God was
inclined to communicate the like favour to his prophet; namely,...
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B. ELIJAH'S REASSURANCE FROM GOD 19:9-18
TRANSLATION
(9) And he came there unto the cave, and lodged there. And behold the
word of the LORD came unto him, and He said to him, What are you doing
here,...
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_AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE A FIRE; BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE:
AND AFTER THE FIRE A STILL SMALL VOICE._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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ELIJAH AT HOREB
2. Then Jezebel sent, etc.] Her religious feelings as a votary of Baal
and her dignity as the queen had both been outraged by the prophet,
and she at once sought revenge....
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I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS] The prophet, as yet unsubdued by the
influences of the scene, returned the same indignant answer as before
(1 Kings 19:10)....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 19
GOD SPEAKS TO ELIJAH AT *MOUNT SINAI
V1 Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done. He also told
her that Elijah had killed al...
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וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ קַנֹּ֨א קִנֵּ֜אתִי לַ
יהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱ
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THE THEOPHANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
1 Kings 19:9
"Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the
judgment of vengeance."
- Sir 48:7.
THROUGHOUT the Scriptures infinite care is taken...
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LEARNING HOW GOD WORKS
1 Kings 19:9
God knew how to treat His servant, resting beneath the juniper tree.
He steeped his nature in refreshing sleep, fed his exhausted energies,
caused angel-hands to m...
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The slaughter of the prophets of Baal aroused the ire of Jezebel to
such a degree that she sent a direct message full of fury to Elijah.
There is no escaping the sadness of his attitude on receiving t...
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And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: (g)
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,...
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(14) And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,...
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The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion,
always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was
insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
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Until now the prophet had stood before Jehovah (1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings
18:15) and had spoken in His name; but now, terrified by the threats
of Jezebel, he flees from the dangers of the place into which...
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AND HE SAID,.... Elijah, in answer to the question put, and he says
the same as before:
I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS,.... which the question was designed to draw
from him, in order to give him some instr...
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And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [eve...
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_And he said, I have been very jealous_, &c. “Though Elijah showed
tokens of humble adoration on this occasion, the repetition of his
answer to the Lord's renewed inquiry, (‘What doest thou here?')
sh...
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1 Eliiah threatned by Iezebel, fleeth to Beersheba,
4 In the wildernesse being wearie of his life, is comforted by an
Angel.
9 At Horeb God appeareth vnto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Iehu,
an...
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And he said, repeating his lament, I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS FOR THE
LORD GOD OF HOSTS BECAUSE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE FORSAKEN THY
COVENANT, THROWN DOWN THINE ALTARS, AND SLAIN THY PROPHETS WITH T...
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Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission...
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ELIJAH FLEEING FROM JEZEBEL
(vs.1-10)
When Ahab informed his wife Jezebel of Elijah's having brought down
the fire of God to consume his sacrifice, of the slaughter of the
prophets of Baal and the an...
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14-18 God repeated the question, What doest thou here? Then he
complained of his discouragement; and whither should God's prophets go
with their complaints of that kind, but to their Master? The Lord...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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DEPRESSED AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE FAILURE ELIJAH FLEES TO THE MOUNTAIN
OF GOD IN HOREB (SINAI) AND IS SUSTAINED AND RECOMMISSIONED BY YHWH (1
KINGS 19:1).
Exultant because the battle appeared almost wo...
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1 Kings 19:12
I. Consider the character of Elisha. He is not a dwarfed and flaccid
Elijah. The "still small voice" of which we read just before his call
is the emblem of the younger prophet. Gentlenes...
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CONTENTS: God's care of His overwrought prophet. Call of Elisha.
CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Jezebel, Elisha.
CONCLUSION: Even though we faint in our faith, God abideth faithful.
The best thing for a d...
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1 Kings 19:2. _Jezebel_ swore to destroy Elijah. Ahab would perhaps
have received the prophet as his monitor and guide, had it not been
for this woman, now given over to a reprobate mind.
1 Kings 19:1...
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_And He said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord._
ELIJAH’S VISION
I. The man himself. A great craggy soul that towers above the men of
his age--his head wreathed in the glories of h...
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_He arose and went for his life._
THE FLIGHT INTO THE WILDERNESS
This is a sad sequel to the triumph on Mount Carmel. Elijah had
forgotten Jezebel. Not present herself on Mount Carmel, she had
receiv...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:1 Elijah has won a mighty battle on the
mountain, but a stronger opponent than Ahab awaits him: Queen Jezebel.
⇐...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:13 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, ELIJAH? The
point of the demonstration on the mountain was presumably that Elijah
would answer this question differently the second time (compare...
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ELIJAH DEJECTED, REPROVED, AND ENCOURAGED
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 19:2. SO LET THE GODS DO TO ME—The pl. אֱלֹהִימ is
used commonly for GOD, Jehovah; but here appears for Jezebel’s
i...
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EXPOSITION
ELIJAH'S FLIGHT THE THEOPHANY OF HOREB AND THE CALLING OF ELISHA.—We
can readily understand with what a sense of humiliation and shame the
weak and excited king, who must have been awed and...
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So Ahab told his wife Jezebel the whole story of what had happened,
what Elijah did, and how he killed all of her prophets with the sword.
And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, and she said, So let...
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1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:9; Daniel 11:30; Deuteronomy 29:25;...
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ELIJAH FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE
1 Kings 19:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The story of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal. The people fell
on their faces as soon as they saw that God consumed the sacrifice...